Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under #Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/america-tourists-fears-us-travel-trump "With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border" don't go

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Dear tech people.

NOW is absolutely the time for you to reach out to your friends and colleagues in places like Palantir, Microsoft, Meta, etc., and start propagandizing them.

They are participating and facilitating the destruction of human lives.

They are collaborating with fascists for a paycheck.

Convince them to choose a side. Not by being passively silent. But actively *choosing* the world they want to see.

Force that moment.
Invite them to leave the Death Star.

Because this fucking apparatus *needs to be stopped.*

BAMP.

Good morning Fedi friends!

Today is a palpitations-inducing sort of day: my Ghost (Pro) #blog - that hosted all the posts for #TheFutureIsFederated, up to March of this year - is now slated to be deleted from Ghost's servers. Why?

I'm now #selfhosting my Ghost blog on a VPS at this address:

✨ https://news.elenarossini.com ✨

Time to update your RSS feed (if you're following the blog that way)... and I invite you to check out my latest post in its new home: https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

have a nice day

#Library Study Shows It’s Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books #Banned - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/library-study-shows-its-just-politicians-and-activist-groups-trying-to-get-books-banned/ "What’s been noted before has been confirmed yet again: there is no widespread concern about the books kids have access to in public libraries. "

UPDATE: We've added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.

Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #Government #Data #Research #USPolitics #Trump

More Trump world corruption: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/ed-martin-failed-to-report-media-appearances-senate/index.html

It's hard to make it even a few paragraphs in to the various articles about Musk's eugenicist breeding program, because as far as I can tell, the women involved are all *also* MAGA fascists, and the only thing that makes them victims in this story is that, after agreeing to be breeding stock, turkey-basted by Übermensch Musk Spunk™, they didn't think that the leopards would eat *their* faces too.

Many thanks to Humble Bundle and their community of supporters who used purchases of books and games to raise money for digital rights! We at EFF are deeply grateful for you.

Their Social Impact Report is out now: https://blog.humblebundle.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HumbleSocialImpactReport2024.pdf

Molly White (https://mastodon.social/@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io) is by far the best journalist covering the always-sleazy cryptocurrency "industry" -- and in her latest newsletter she connects the dots in Trump's totally corrupt crypto dealings: https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-empire/

Her lede should be in an indictment. "In an unprecedented abuse of presidential power, Donald Trump is dismantling federal cryptocurrency oversight while building a sprawling family crypto empire worth billions."

Trump owns 53% of the Trump Media company, which has recently announced it’s getting into crypto. Three days after Trump Media announced a partnership with Crypto.​com, Crypto​.com got the news that the SEC was dropping its investigation into their company.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

All corruption, all the time in Trump world: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature

Location data has been used to target many vulnerable groups -- immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and anyone seeking reproductive healthcare. It’s a tool of surveillance, and it’s being weaponized. Here’s how some legislators are fighting back to protect your privacy: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance

Worker Co-op Weekend
Thornbridge Outdoors, Peak District
16-18 May 2025

Our theme this year is about building power through mutual learning and coalition. Worker cooperation is not just a way to improve the everyday lives of workers. Co-ops can strengthen the wider movement for social, economic and climate justice. In the process, we are building the infrastructure for goods and services that underpins a different kind of society.

#workersCoop #workersCoops #workerCoop #workerCoops #coop

Police are paying big money for unproven “undercover bot” tech that uses AI-generated online personas to collect intelligence, @404mediaco reports. “So like, what is it effective at, violating protesters’ First Amendment rights?” asks EFF’s Dave Maass. https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/

“Everyone should have a plan before travel,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @miamiherald. If an officer wants a device unlocked, “the traveler has to know what they’re going to do in that moment, either they’re going to comply or they’re not going to comply.” https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article304363571.html

#RuralCommunities could be destroyed if #UK signs #US #TradeDeal, says former #food tsar | #Farming | The Guardian

This would be too high a price to pay to avoid the #TrumpTariffs.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/17/rural-communities-could-be-destroyed-if-uk-signs-us-trade-deal-says-former-food-tsar

#Politics #Agriculture

"It can’t be right that journalists who go to court to vindicate the public’s First Amendment right of access to court records have fewer First Amendment protections than journalists who don’t."

https://freedom.press/issues/when-it-comes-to-prior-restraints-courts-shouldnt-just-do-it/